Coronavirus numbers explained: Bihar is becoming trouble state

India Coronavirus (Covid-19) Cases Numbers explained: Most of the new cases being detected in Bihar were amongst those who were returning to their hometowns from their workplaces in other parts of the country.

For several days now, Bihar had been showing signs of a big surge in its novel Coronavirus cases. On Thursday, the state reported 380 cases, which was nearly 25 per cent of its entire caseload till now. With close to 2,000 cases now, more than half of which has been discovered in just last one week, Bihar is fast developing into the next trouble state.

At the start of this month, Bihar had less than 450 cases. As migrants started flowing in following an easing of lockdown restrictions from May 4, Bihar’s cases started rising rapidly. Most of the new cases being detected in the state were amongst those who were returning to their hometowns from their workplaces in other parts of the country. Even now, the migrant workers comprise more than half of Bihar’s total cases.

 Bihar: Growth and Doubling Time: At the start of this month, Bihar had less than 450 cases. 

Interestingly, Bihar’s growth rate had shot up after it had crossed the 100-figure mark around April 20. But that was mainly because of a low caseload. And it had slowed down considerably in the week before the migrant workers started coming in. In the first week of May, Bihar had a growth rate of 3.75 per cent and a doubling time of over 19 days. But the cases began to rise rapidly as more and more migrant workers started to test positive. As of now, Bihar has a seven-day average growth rate of 10.32 per cent, and a doubling time of less than seven days. The national doubling time of cases is 13.45 days right now.

 Coronavirus cases: The total number of confirmed infections in India are now in excess of 1.16 lakh.

On Thursday, there was a big jump in new cases nationally as well, with more than 6,000 cases being reported for the first time. The total number of confirmed infections in India are now in excess of 1.16 lakh. Maharashtra, which has been consistently reporting more than 2,000 cases every day for the last five days now, detected 2,345 new cases on Thursday. The state now has a total of 41,642 confirmed cases, more than one third of all the cases in the country, out of which more than 11,700 have recovered.